The Governments of the Member States and the European Commission were represented as follows: Belgium: Mr Erik DERYCKE Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Robert URBAIN Minister for Foreign Trade and European Affairs Denmark: Mr Niels HELVEG PETERSEN Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Jorgen ØRSTRØM MØLLER State Secretary for Foreign Affairs...

The Europe Association Agreements with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania respectively were signed, at a ceremony held at the Kirchberg European Centre, Luxembourg, on 12 June 1995, by: - on behalf of the Union: = Mr Michel BARNIER, Minister with responsibility for European Affairs of the Federal Republic, President of the...

Ladies and Gentlemen, Let us consider the facts of the European jobs crisis, and how it has developed over time. Firstly, we have seen steady growth in the working age population since the 1960's, of around 1 million per year, except for the 1975-85 period when that growth almost doubled...

The Commission has approved a proposal to the Council for a new Regulation on financial and technical measures to accompany the reforms to the economic and social structures in Mediterranean non-member countries and territories. This Regulation will constitute the legal basis for the MEDA budget heading (B7-410).

The people of Kabul, Afghanistan's shattered capital, can expect European Union aid this summer to help stabilise their lives. The European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO) has earmarked 6.635 million European Currency Units (Ecu) for projects that will assist those who fled fighting in the city.

Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in the wake of the recent Turkish incursion into northern Iraq. The European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO) has responded to this emergency rapidly by funding a programme to help some of those currently struggling to survive in refugee...

Main points of speech by Mr Padraig Flynn, Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs to the European Colloquium on the Role of Culture in Combating Poverty, Brussels, 9 June 1995 Speaking in Brussels today, Commissioner Flynn said there is a general consensus that unemployment and the reduction or loss of...

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